MICKY ADAMS is trying to cut out cheating in the game, starting by getting Coventry City's house in order.

The Sky Blues' boss is trying to stop players going down and feigning serious injury in order to take the sting out of a game.

He said: "I think in general terms there are times when teams have genuine injuries but at other times, and I am not saying Stoke City did this, but some use it to slow games down and spoil the rhythm of the opposition and they are not genuine injuries.

"So that can be very, very frustrating for spectators, and it is certainly frustrating for ours, but it also puts the referee in a very difficult position because he has got to be mindful at all time of protecting players.

"It is crazy because there are no hard and fast rules about it.

"Perhaps we should all say, as managers and coaches, that our players are not going to put the ball out of play and leave it to the referee's discretion.

"Certainly, from our point of view, unless the referee says otherwise, we play on and let the referee deal with it.

"I have told teams beforehand that we will do it but it is not uniform throughout the league and is very difficult to implement because it is one hell of a tactic.

"I had it when I played, particularly away from home when players can be told to slow the tempo down and use anything they can.

"And if that means going down and faking an injury then that's what you had to do."